Roof gutter



D. AGER ROOF GUTTER Julyzl, 1953 2 Sheets-Sheet l Filed Dec. 6 1951 INVENTOR. DR EZ AGER BY 7:1 MWL@ ATTORNEY July 21, 1953 D. AGER ROOF GUTTER v Filed Dec. 6., 1951 hmm! 1mm 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 FIG. A

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE l ROOF GUTTER Drez Ager, Miam,"Fla.

VApplication December 6, 1951, `Serial No. 260,235

1 AThis invention relates to roof gutters and, more particularly, toan improvement in roof gutter construction for nat roofs not provided with parapetV structures. g fAn object of the invention is to provide a gutter assembly having adjustable outlet or spillway means which'may be conveniently installed and-maintained.

`Afurther object is to provide a roof gutter assembly which may be readily and economically fabricated.

' `Another object of the invention is to provide roof gutter construction which will effectively prevent the staining of the building walls by waterl-leakingthereupon or deterioration of adjacent building structure from the defective diversion'v of water conveyed'by the gutters.

Still another object isto provide roof gutter construction to permit the eiiicient accommodationthereof to spillway Apoints and conventional leader.. installations therefrom. A

AOther advantages of the" invention will be discernible from the detailed description thereof hereinafter set forth.r

According to the invention, the roof gutter assembly comprises a trough section and a spillway section extensible therefrom. These sections are formed from a single sheet for each unit, bent along fold lines longitudinally of the gutter to define an anchor strip adapted to underlie the adjacent roof covering, a stop member pleat to receive the roof covering, such as gravel or the like, thereagainst, a trough bottom, a frontal pleat forming with the stop member pleat and trough bottom a continuous roof gutter, and a spillway or outlet section having corresponding members adapted. to underlie and abut the gutter or trough section members whereby to permit the slideable extension of the two sections relative to each other to adjust their installation along the roof edges. The frontal pleat terminates along the bottom thereof in a skirt or facia plate extending below the trough bottom and having a bottom marginal outturned flange to direct overflow water away from the building Wall. The spillway is adapted to discharge into the head portion of a conventional leader to carry the water flow to ground.

3 Claims. (Cl. 108-28) rangement of the trough and spillways sections of the roof .gutter construction;

Fig. 2,'a section on line 2 2, Fig. 5;

Fig. 4, a plan of the spillway and gutter assembly, and f `'Fig.*5,'afront elevation ofthe view shownin FigA.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings. the trough section of the gutter assembly` is formed vfrom a single elongated-sheet Vwhichis bent along fold' lines running 'longitudinally of the gutter so as to provide an anchorstrip I.

This strip is adaptedto underlie the marginal. edge portion (Fig. 3) of the adjacent roof coveringshown at G, which may be of the usual membrane waterproofing and gravel wearing'lcourse commonto flat type roofconstruction. v

The -anchor strip I terminates along its front edge inan upstanding Apleat 2' formed from the forward continuation of the rmaterial forming the Vanchor strip-*(Figs. 2 'and 3), `andthisp'leat functions as a stop member to receive thereagainst the adjacent roof covering G. The forward fold of the pleat 2 is extended forwardly in a common horizontal plane with the anchor strip I to denne the trough bottom 4 and this bottom member is now bent upwardly along the forward edge thereof to begin a second upstanding pleat 3. The pleat 3 rises relatively higher than the stop member pleat 2 to form the forward wall of the trough and confine the water collecting along the gutter, therebehind, Fig. 2.

The pleat 3 now has its forward fold extended downwardly below the level of the trough bottom to define a facia plate 5 which terminates along its bott-om edge in a forwardly and downwardly inclined marginal nange 6.

rThe lower portion of the facia plate 5 constitutes a protective flashing member to prevent, in common with the marginal ange 6, the overflow water from overhead being directed against the wall surface below and staining the same, at the same time that this water is prevented from ingress into timbers or other internal structure making up the roof members.

Co-operatively associated with the trough section thus far described, is a spillway section adapted to abut the end of the trough section for the reception of water therefrom. This spillway has an anchor strip IUI, an upright stop member pleat I 02 designed for slideable reception within the folds of pleat member 2 of the trough section, a spillway or trough bottom |04 and a flashing member IUS terminating along the bottom thereof in an out-turned marginal ange |06. These spillway elements underlie and abut corresponding elements in the trough section from which they are slideably extensible so as to adjust the width and location of the spillway relative to the gutter section therewith associated. Thus, the spillway may be positioned so as to discharge water delivered thereto by the trough section into the conventional head (Fig. 3) of a leader conducting the water downward to ground or sub-surface drainage facilities, as by the leader conduit I-I.

Suitable soldered-head nails may be employed through holes l in the flashing and anchor strip members, to secure the gutter sections to adjacent roof structure and soldered joints in a manner well known in the art may be used to connect adjoining edges of the sections.

The invention is thus seen to provide a roof gutter assembly meeting the objectives hereinabove set forth and affording the craftsman a convenient and easily adjusted roof drainage means which may be brought onto the work in standard cut lengths and sizes.

I claim:

1. In a roof gutter assembly, a trough section formed from a single elongated sheet bent along parallel fold lines longitudinally thereof to dene a rear anchor strip adapted to underlie the marginal edge portion of a roof covering, a rear upstanding pleat formed by the frontal continuation of said anchor strip to define a stop member receiving said roof covering thereagainst, a trough bottom disposed in a common horizontal plane with said anchor strip and formed from the forward continuation of said rear pleat, a front upstanding pleat spaced forwardly of said rear pleat and formed from the frontal continuation of said trough bottom to define, in common with saidY rear pleatrand said trough bottom, a continuous water-collecting gutter, said front pleat rising higher than said rear pleat to define a barrier confining said water therebehind, said front pleat including a downwardly directed fold extending below said trough bottom and terminating along the bottom edge thereof in an outwardly and downwardly inclined marginal ange whereby to define a flashing member.

2. The invention as defined in claim 1, and: a spillway section adapted to abut said trough section endwise thereof for the reception 0f said water therefrom, said spillway section being formed from a single sheet bent along fold lines extensible from the fold lines of said trough section to lie in substantially parallel relation thereto, an anchor strip, rear pleat, trough bottom and flashing plate being formed by said spillway section in partially underlying and abutting relation to corresponding homologous .parts of said trough section whereby said spillway section forms an extensible extension therefrom in slideable relation thereto, means to secure said trough section and spillway section to adjacent roofing structure.

3. The invention as dened in claim 1, and: a spillway section in endwise abutting relation to said trough section for reception of said water therefrom, said spillway section having an anchor strip, stop member pleat, trough bottom, iiashing plate and marginal flange therefor, each adapted to partially underlie corresponding parts of said trough section in slideable relation therewith to permit the longitudinal adjustment of said spillway section relative to said trough section.

DREZ AGER.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Andrews June 10, 1947 

